TY - JOUR
T1 - Morbilliform rashes due to erythromycin in patient with herpes zoster infection
AU - Dwari, Binayak Chandra
AU - Bajracharya, Surichhya
AU - Mishra, Pranaya
AU - Palaian, Subish
AU - Prabhu, Smitha
AU - Prabhu, Mukhyaprana
PY - 2007/4/1
Y1 - 2007/4/1
N2 - Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic active against many gram-positive infections and few gram-negative bacteria, as well as mycoplasmas, spirochetes, chlamydiae and rickettsiae. Dermatological reactions appear to be rare with erythromycin and mainly include maculopapular rashes, pruritus, urticaria, and angioedema, Reports of morbiliform rashes due to erythromycin are rare. We report a case of morbiliform reaction due to erythromycin in a patient suffering from herpes zoster with established causality, severity and preventability assessments. Upon development of the adverse drug reaction, we stopped the drug and managed the patient with systemic corticosteroids.
AB - Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic active against many gram-positive infections and few gram-negative bacteria, as well as mycoplasmas, spirochetes, chlamydiae and rickettsiae. Dermatological reactions appear to be rare with erythromycin and mainly include maculopapular rashes, pruritus, urticaria, and angioedema, Reports of morbiliform rashes due to erythromycin are rare. We report a case of morbiliform reaction due to erythromycin in a patient suffering from herpes zoster with established causality, severity and preventability assessments. Upon development of the adverse drug reaction, we stopped the drug and managed the patient with systemic corticosteroids.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548160920
SN - 1560-9014
VL - 17
SP - 125
EP - 129
JO - Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists
JF - Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists
IS - 2
ER -